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A change in the ISO/IEC JTC 1 directives regarding the referencing of external documents was noted early 2008 GS1 and EPCglobal considered the 2 options 1. Submit a parallel ballot for approving the referenced specification in addition to the normal SC31 ballot 2. Submit an application to JTC 1 for recognising the organisation as an Approved Referenced Specification Originator Organization (ARO) The latter option was chosen for the following reasons: Multiple SC31 standards already make a normative reference to the GS1 General Specifications and to EPCglobal specifications It is expected that many revised and new SC31 standards will continue requiring normative references to GS1 and EPCglobal specifications

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ARO requests cont’d For GS1, ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 8933 ballot was issued on 2008- 02-07 with a closing date of 2008-05-08 For EPCglobal, ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 8972 ballot was issued on 2008-02-25 with a closing date of 2008-05-26 Both ballots passed with comments SC31 has requested SC31/WG4 to review the comments and to pass a resolution confirming this process

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SC31/WG4 resolutions 14. Approved RS Originator Organization (ARO) - EPCglobal, Inc. In accordance with the JTC 1 directive: “SC 31 is instructed to review and respond to the comments submitted on the EPCglobal, Inc. request prior to any further action being taken by JTC 1.” SC 31/WG 4 instructs the SC 31 Secretariat to provide a resolution, at the Toronto Plenary, to accept the completed comments addressed in SC031-N-2545 and forward to JTC 1 for further processing. 15. Approved RS Originator Organization (ARO) - GS1 In accordance with the JTC 1 directive: “SC 31 is instructed to review and respond to the comments submitted on the GS1 request prior to any further action being taken by JTC 1.” SC 31/WG 4 instructs the SC 31 Secretariat to provide a resolution, at the Toronto Plenary, to accept the completed comments addressed in SC031-N-2546 and forward to JTC 1 for further processing.